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“I challenge you to be selfless.” (Repost for Hillary)

(Reposting this from Hillary’s thread on Sherdog’s f12. Here’s Hillary Williams’ site.)

On every Jiu Jitsu forum I’ve been on, once every other month (or so) a thread pops up with “how many gis do you have?” People (myself, unfortunately, included) boast about having 8, 10, and 12 gis. Twelve

Ranking Gis from Best to Worst

After reading the results of the gi survey from last year, a reader sent me an interesting series of emails about running an analysis of the data. Here’s what he had to show and tell:

I stumbled across your gi survey a while back and came back to it this

Turn Your Open Mat into a BJJ Laboratory

I’m going to make a bold assumption: You want to get better at BJJ. (I must be a mind reader.) Open mat can be a secret weapon in your training if you use it right. These tips will help make sure you do.

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Seiji is Awesome! Reverse Omoplata in MMA

Oh my god! What! What! What!Click through for video!

Modified Scarfhold Submissions

VIDEO: 4 Submissions from Modified Scarfhold.Believe it or not I know more than just butt scooting and guard pulling. And I shot video to prove it. See the tutorial after the jump.

Stephan Kesting’s Free BJJ DVD

Stephan Kesting emailed me last week to let me know about a freeBJJ/grappling DVD he is releasing and I wanted to pass the word along to everyone. You can watch a preview here or sign up to get the DVD here. I own all of Stephan’s DVDs and have been

The “No Posture” Pass

It’s like they took a stupid white belt move and turned it into a legitimate black belt technique.

UPDATE: 10 Quick Tips on the FightWorks Podcast

Update! You can get 5 more tips in The FightWorks Podcast at the tail end of a really interesting show about the Pan Ams. Get it here.

This week Caleb of The FightWorks Podcast had me on to go over the first 5 of the 10 Quick Tips for White

10 Quick Tips for White Belts

1. How to get good isn’t a big secret. Get on the mats, get good instruction and do conditioning, drilling or sparring. Gameplans, flow charts, notebooks, journals and instructionals are gravy. Training is the meat and potatoes.
2. Spar with everyone you can. Force yourself to go with guys who

BJJ Gi Survey Results

Here are the results of the BJJ gi survey. A second survey will be coming out soon that fixes some problems with the first. For example, you couldn’t match durability or sizing problems to a specific gi (since they were all lumped together).

The data collected could be sliced and